Vision and Mission

Vision

The vision of the network of Volunteer Centres in Ireland is to have a vibrant Irish society where every person feels connected to their community, through active participation in voluntary activities.

Mission

Our mission is to promote the value of volunteering and increase the range and quality of volunteering in Ireland.

Guiding Principles and Values

We affirm that:

“No one can do everything, but everyone can do something” – in other words everyone can volunteer.

Volunteers should be treated with respect, dignity and worth.

Everyone should have an equal opportunity to volunteer.

Volunteering should respect the rights, dignity and culture of others.

Volunteers should be “involved” rather than “used” and that volunteering is a “two-way” relationship, mutually benefitting both the volunteer and the organisation.

Therefore, we are committed to:

Promoting and supporting the voluntary and community sector by encouraging people to volunteer.

Providing a placement service that effectively matches those who wish to volunteer with volunteer-involving organisations.

Equal Opportunities

We commit ourselves to equality of opportunity for all. We recognise that in our society certain individuals and groups of people are unfairly discriminated against, both directly and indirectly. Such discrimination occurs where an individual is treated less favourably on the grounds of Gender, Marital or family status or responsibility for dependants, Disability, Race, Colour, Ethnic or national origin, Antibody status, Sexual orientation, Economic status, Age, Political or Religious belief, Membership of the Traveller community.

Dublin City Volunteer Centre strives to eliminate all such forms of discrimination and to create a climate in which equal opportunities are promoted as a means of developing the full potential of everyone who is involved with our organisation. We do this by fulfilling our legal obligations and by taking positive action which goes beyond the requirements of the law, by avoiding stereotyping and tokenism. Read our full Equality Statement.

Policies

In this section you will find links to all of our relevant policies outlining the way we interact with Volunteers, Volunteer Involving Organisations and the wider community.